Monday, November 3, 2014

Microblog Monday: Curing Back Pain!

I also got an e-mail from my friend Lopa with some advice that I thought sounded really strange. Basically, she said that what I was experiencing is what they call "airlocking" in India and there's a way to fix it that "will sound goofy, but it works."

She said that I needed to observe which nostril I was using to breathe. By holding my palm under my nose, I could determine which nostril was expelling more air. Then I needed to hold that nostril closed and breathe in and out through the other nostril with five deep breaths.

My back pain was severe enough that I was skeptical this would work, but also willing to try anything.

I'm all about trying random remedies from other cultures (just did this one, in fact!) and I'm genuinely curious - what if you have chronically blocked sinuses? Or just one side always blocked? I guess they might be where the neti pots come into play? (I love my neti pot...)